God of: Insects.
Elemental affinity: Earth, air and water.
Alignment: Neutral.
Appearance:
Physical description of preferred forms:
Primary: His primary form is that of a man not long into his life. He stands at about five feet and five inches tall with dark unkempt hair roughly coming down to his neck. He dons a tattered brown hat and long coat which look to have been worn for miles without repair. Underneath is not much fancier either, just a white shirt and brown pair of pants like a homeless wanderer would wear. Even his thick brown traveling boots look like they've seen better days. His eyes look like deep dark pools of jet with only the faintest hint of blue in them. One detail to note however is that his shirt has a number of holes around the chest, each one stained with blood. Beneath the shirt are the wounds that were inflicted upon him back when he was still mortal. These wounds act as the main entrances and exits for the insects that live inside his body.
As he started off human he's never really shaken off his former identity which is why he keeps this form as his true shape.
Hive: This form looks similar to his previous form in adornment however his eye sockets are empty and his entire body is covered in perforations which leak a strange off-white honey like substance. Insects can be found constantly crawling in and out of these holes in him, attracted by the unusual honey he leaks.
Preferred Gender: Male.
Means of godhood: He was a human who became a god via apotheosis.
Personality: Creep is unremarkable in general but a humble man at heart.
Though his ascension has changed him greatly physically his personality has remained more or less intact. He tends to avoid causing other people trouble when he can, preferring solitude as he doesn't trust easily. He harbor's little ill will towards others but is rather cynical from experience. Typically he receives little respect and he expects nothing more out of people be they gods, goddesses or mortals. In a way he isn't used to the whole concept of being worshiped or acting as a deity in any fashion. Though he may be on par with lesser gods he's never felt any sense of belonging among them. Perhaps there's even that slight sense of resentment towards them for influences in his life (Or lack thereof for some). He's not beyond making friends with them but not being the most social fellow can make that harder for him than for others.
Towards insects he shows some hospitality though he generally leaves them to their own affairs. As it's mentioned he's not accustomed to being revered in any way. He'd say he's not worth the praise but it's harder to tell that to insects that call his body home. He's reluctantly accepted their worship and he hasn't done too badly because of it. After all, they are the reason he's a god to begin with. It's his obligation to return the favor to them, to not do so would be rather unfair. He might be self-deprecating but he still likes to think of himself as fair if nothing else.
Worshiped by: Nearly no one. Almost nobody's heard of him, even people who work with insects like bee keepers.
His worshipers are found almost entirely in the insect population. Almost all insects worship him, to worship otherwise would be strange even to other insects. The only bugs that don't pray to him are spiders as they are not insects and have their own deity to praise.
Symbols: He has no symbols which identify him or those of his faith. Insects generally accept that they worship him, they have little need for symbols to recognize him by. The only thing that can even be likened to being associated with him is honey.
Divine weapon: Insects tend to do most of the actual harm though he rarely asks them to do so. He still has his old sword though.
Preferred Blessings:
Evolution: Any insect who tastes the divine honey which he unconsciously generates will start to change. They'll become stronger, tougher, faster and best of all they will grow in intelligence. As his body is considered holy grounds by his subjects only the queens of colonies along with some larger but less numerous bugs have been permitted to eat what oozes from his veins. This rule was put in place not by Creep but by the insects themselves so as to ensure the honey isn't depleted before it can replenish itself.
Fertile Lands: If he's happy with a region he can bless it with fertility. Insects will make the ground richer in nutrients, spread pollen to all the plants and flowers and produce more honey from any hives in the region.
Shelter: If insects are in danger he can use his connection to his elements to create shelters where entire colonies of insects can hide. Down in the ground, up in the trees, even in cities, almost any place can offer insects sanctuary.
Preferred Curses:
Scoured Lands: If an area truly earns his ire then he places this curse upon it, marking it for all insects to know. Swarms of insects will rage across the area, devastating everything in their path. Locusts will devour all crops, flies and maggots will infest all stores of food and bees, wasps and ants will attack everyone living in the area without relent. They will turn the buildings of the deceased into hives and use the dead to feed their larva, bolstering the size of the swarm. Once all available food sources have been consumed the swarm will disperse, the various types of insects leaving to find more food in the nearby ecosystem.
Unrelenting Pests: Truly an unpleasant fate for whoever angers Creep enough to warrant this kind of curse. Once a person is designated a target insects will find him/her/it wherever they may go. It is quite similar to the Scoured Lands curse only it is placed upon a single person instead of a designated area. This person will be attacked nonstop by bugs, bitten and stung without pause until the day they die. Upon their death the cursed body will be consumed by the insects in a manner of minutes, leaving nothing behind for anyone to hold a burial for.
Preferred form of worship: He's never really thought about how people might worship him, almost no one does. As for bugs he's got no preference regarding how they worship him. Insects worship him in a way they know how, by eating the flesh of the dead just as their leaders eat from Creep.
Extras: Strangely enough he happens to have a single adamant tooth set among the rest of his teeth. How he got it is a story almost no one is privy to.
